The Central American country denounces incursions into the Gulf of Fonseca. It is a historical dispute zone.
The Armed Forces of Honduras They denounced This Friday that The Marina de El Salvador “invaded” its waters in the Gulf of Fonseca. The area is crossed by a historical dispute between the three countries that have waters there, so Honduras and Nicaragua remain in “maximum alert.”
For consecutive days, the Navy of the country that directs Nayib Bukelehe would have sailed in foreign lands, according to the Honduran FFAA. In the statement that notifies the fact, they explain that Wednesday “A Salvadoran boat invaded Honduran jurisdictional waters coming out at 05:20 pm ”
The history of the dispute between Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua by the Gulf of Fonseca
Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua share maritime limits against the Gulf of Fonseca. For its part, the Gulf is the only departure of Honduras to the Pacific Ocean. This area has been a historical dispute point between the three countries. In 1992, the International Court of Justice (CiJ) resolved on The joint sovereignty of these countries in the Gulf of Fonseca and established limits. However, the disputes in the region continue through these waters and therefore, the Salvadoran navy navigates through lands that awards as its own.
Fonseca Gulf
On the other hand, Nicaragua and Honduras reached an agreement regarding this controversy in 2021, and later in 2024, it was ratified by the Honduras Congress. However, El Salvador expressed his “full rejection“To said agreement.
The statement of the Armed Forces of Honduras
“The Armed Forces of Honduras They are on maximum alert for these challenging events to sovereignty by the Salvadoran armed forces therefore reiterate the Honduran people who They will fulfill their constitutional duty to defend territorial integritythe sovereignty of the Republic and unrestricted respect for national and international laws that regulate our land, aerial and maritime space, ”Honduras stressed.
Source: Ambito
